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Around the World in Eighty Days / Strategic Navigation

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: maritime trade, colonialism, navigation, economic expansion, international relations  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-05

In going to Shanghai we should not be forced to sail wide of the Chinese coast, which would be a great advantage, as the currents run northward, and w...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Colonial Encounters

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: colonialism, trade, power dynamics, exploration, technology  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-25

However, on the 26th, appeased by some presents, and understanding that they had no reprisals to fear, they led M. There, in three or four fathoms of ...